New airline makes emergency landing

New airline makes emergency landing

Agencies, Sydney, Australia

An airplane belonging to a new Indonesian-owned airline made an emergency landing at Sydney's international airport on Monday after a faulty cockpit light indicated a problem with its hydraulics, the carrier said.

The Airbus A300-600 was carrying 124 passengers and 11 crew, said Gary Hilt, national business manager with Air Paradise International. The cockpit erroneously indicated that there was a problem with the plane's hydraulics, Hilt said.

Flight AD063 was due to stop in Sydney anyway to pick up passengers en route to the Indonesian island of Bali from the southern city of Melbourne but was delayed for about an hour while the light was fixed, Hilt said.

The plane got priority to land and emergency services at the airport were put on standby.

Air Paradise International is owned by Balinese businessman Kadek Wiranatha. It began flights between Australia and Bali on Feb. 18, and operates four weekly services from Melbourne and Sydney to Denpasar, and five times a week from the West Australian city of Perth.

The airline also operates flights between Bali and Seoul, Hilt said.